As I Lay Dying Reveals Bill Stevenson As New Album's Producer

As I Lay Dying is proud to announce that Bill Stevenson has been enlisted to produce the band's next album this May. Metal Blade issued the following press release:

"Bill Stevenson has played drums for both the Descendents and Black Flag and is one of the most highly renowned producers in rock. His production credits include work on records by Rise Against, NOFX, Propagandhi, The Casualties, Anti-Flag and many more. As I Lay Dying is recording this spring, with album release expected in the second half of 2012.

"As always, the band members are very active on twitter and bassist/vocalist Josh Gilbert has been posting images from the studio to chronicle the writing process. Follow Gilbert via the band's official twitter account. Track titles, album art, new music, behind-the-scenes video, and more will be revealed as they are made available."

This album will serve as the official follow up to 2010's "The Powerless Rise" (reviewed here), which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at #10.

As I Lay Dying is also confirmed for the fifth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which also features Slipknot, Slayer, Whitechapel, and more. Dates are as follows: